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Plumstead and Woolwich 2nd & 3rd Time Buyers Finding it Tougher (and Slower) to Move up the Plumstead and Woolwich Property Ladder
Post lockdown, the need for Plumstead and Woolwich families who want bigger homes has meant Plumstead and Woolwich homebuyers must now pay considerably more to trade up to that larger home… One thing that has come out of lockdown has been the inexorable movement of Plumstead and Woolwich households wanting…
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Why are Some Banks Reining in Over-Enthusiastic Plumstead and Woolwich Homebuyers and the Buy-to-Let Investors?
The Plumstead and Woolwich property market is an enigma and chock-full of contradictions. Notwithstanding an economic recession and forecasts of property values dropping, nobody seems to have informed the Plumstead and Woolwich homeowners selling their homes and those Plumstead and Woolwich people looking to buy them. As I have discussed…
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3 Reasons That Will Make You Want to Stop Being a Plumstead and Woolwich Buy-to-Let Landlord … and the six reasons that will make you want to become one
The buy-to-let market in Plumstead and Woolwich is about to enter a challenging 12 to 24 months. Yet by looking back at the last recession and what is happening now, there are vital lessons all Plumstead and Woolwich landlords can learn to protect themselves, and in fact create opportunities for…
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The Plumstead and Woolwich Property Market Post-Lockdown - the First 100 Days
With only 1 in 7 Plumstead and Woolwich house sellers actually selling their home in the last month, Plumstead and Woolwich sellers and buyers will need to continue to be pragmatic if the surprisingly strong current levels of activity in the Plumstead and Woolwich property market are to be sustained.…
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Plumstead and Woolwich Millennials Moving Back in with Mum & Dad?
Roll the clock back 20 years and any self-respecting late 20/early 30 something would never say on their first date that they lived with their mum and dad. It was seen as a sign of immaturity being tied to your mother’s apron strings as a failure to leave the family…
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The 3,919 ‘Trapped Landlords’ of Plumstead and Woolwich
Going into lockdown in March, the Government proclaimed a ban on tenant evictions, pledging that no tenant in a private rented home, who had lost their wages due to Covid-19 would be kicked out of their private rented home until the late summer. Fast forward to August and the press…
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312 Plumstead and Woolwich Properties Sold in Stamp Duty Holiday Bonanza
On the 8th of July 2020, the Chancellor announced the first £500,000 of any property bought was exempt from stamp duty until 31st March 2021. This also included buy to let landlords (although they would still need to pay the additional 3% stamp duty level for second properties). Talking to…
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Plumstead and Woolwich OAP Homeowners to Face £19,785 Coronavirus Tax Bill?
The Government is on track to borrow £400bn because of Coronavirus and that needs to be paid back at some stage. Last year alone, before Coronavirus, the Government brought in £824 billion in taxes whilst they spent £887 billion, meaning they had to borrow £63 billion. In fact, the last…
